Department of Police Practice

Dr MP Aphane

College of Law
School of Criminal Justice
Department: Police Practice
Senior Lecturer
Tel: 012 433 9418
E-mail: aphanmp@unisa.ac.za

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Policing (Tshwane University of Technolgy)
  • MTech: Policing (Tshwane University of Technology)
  • BTech: Policing (Tshwane University of Technology)
  • N Dipolma: Policing (Tshwane University of Technology)
  • Certificate in Fraud Risk Management (University of Pretoria)

Currently teaching

  • Crime Prevention Principles for Policing 1A (POL1501)
  • Crime Prevention Principles for Policing 1B (POL1502)
  • Supervision of Masters students

Fields of academic interests

Cybercrime awareness and Investigative techniques

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

  • Member of Criminological and Victimological Society of Southern Africa

Projects

  • Member of Learners and Emerging Researchers sub-committee

Other

Mmabatho holds a Doctor of Policing degree from Tshwane University of Technology. She has been employed at the University of South Africa as an academic since 2017 and completed the Young Academic Programme in 2020. In 2021 she was promoted to a senior lecturer position.  Furthermore, she completed a Certificate in Fraud Risk Management at the University of Pretoria. She has co-authored research articles and presented papers nationally on policing and cybersecurity awareness.